7 helpful AI features in iOS 26 you can try now - and how to access them
Hold Assist alone could be a serious timesaver.
Galaxy Watch 8 review: Samsung’s best smartwatch in years
Also, the AI running coach kicked my ass.
AI agents will change work and society in internet-sized ways, says AWS VP
At AWS Summit, Deepak Singh, VP of developer agents and experiences at AWS, spoke with ZDNET about how agentic AI will bring about a new way of approaching work.
This watchOS 26 feature has me excited for the Apple Watch again
Ahead of Apple’s long-awaited WWDC keynote earlier this month, the company was widely reported to be working on a new AI-powered doctor that could potentially help you diagnose common conditions, recognize potential illnesses, and understand your overall health.
4 MacOS email clients that make for great alternatives to Apple Mail (and how they're better)
I'm constantly searching for an email app that outperforms Apple's - and one of these four might just be the winner.
Got ChatGPT Plus? You can record and summarize meetings on a Mac now - here's how
The ability to transcribe meetings was previously limited to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users. Now, Plus users can use this tool.
Apple loses AI whiz to Meta with an offer that will make your eyes water
On Wednesday, a Bloomberg report, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, claimed that Meta had offered Pang a package worth more than $200 million to join the company’s “superintelligence” team, a unit set up by Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg with the lofty task of developing a next-level AI capable of surpassing human intelligence.
Your iPad is getting a big upgrade for free. 4 top features I can't wait to use on iPadOS 26
The upcoming version of iPadOS pushes the tablet even closer to being a Mac. But there are still features that distinguish it from Apple's product lineup.
Do web browsers on the Apple Watch make sense?
It’s not a full-fledged replacement for the phone. Instead, Ant serves more like a stop-gap solution where the screen on your wrist can handle the quick fact search, score check, or recipe look-up.
These are the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates you’ll actually use
With the dust settled from the hype around Apple’s WWDC 2025 event, I took a step back to really look at what could be some of the most useful updates coming to their different operating systems, mainly because, quite often, there are updates or added features.
The 10 apps I can't live or work without - on Windows, Mac, and mobile
I've been covering tech for decades. These are the software tools I use for work (and occasional recreation) every day - and boy, have they changed a lot over the last few years.
macOS 26 beta preview: Spotlight's time to shine
Apple's Liquid Glass refresh looks good, but the Spotlight is the big draw.
Apple iOS 26: All the latest features for iPhone's new operating system, including FaceTime updates
Exciting changes are coming to your iPhone this fall, including a new aesthetic called Liquid Glass.
Spotify is adding the ability to remotely download playlists to secondary devices
It works with smartwatches, tablets and other phones.
Apple’s new iPadOS 26 shows Google what Android tablets need
Since the launch of the first iPad, Android tablets have struggled to compete. A lack of optimized apps means that Android tablets still don’t offer as seamless a transition to larger displays, which also impacts the best folding phones, where many apps don’t take advantage of the larger displays.
Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones
The iPhone enjoyed a double digit growth in the previous quarter ending in June.
You can use Claude AI's mobile app to draft emails, texts, and calendar events now - here's how
Claude's iOS and Android app will generate the templates for you, but you'll need to take additional steps to send or create them.
Slack is getting a host of new AI tools
Paid users will get channel recaps, message explanations and more.
Apple Sports app serves up an ace of an update for tennis fans
And you can download it now from the App Store
8 AI features coming to iOS 26 that actually excite me (and how to try them now)
These features can do everything from mixing music to translating audio for you in near real-time.